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Historical Event(s)
– The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
– The first United States census is authorized.
– France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
– Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
– Russo-Swedish War: Second Battle of Svensksund – in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian fleet.
– A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
– Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.
– Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone.
– The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies.
– Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
Who Were Born On ?
– Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (d. 1855)
– David “Robber” Lewis, American robber known for giving stolen money to the poor. (d. 1820)
– Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, German mathematician (d. 1861)
– George Everest, Welsh surveyor (d. 1866)
– Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet and politician (d. 1838)
– William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
– John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation (d. 1866)
– Alphonse de Lamartine, French writer (d. 1869)
– Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman (d. 1860)
– King Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)